The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c15.37

c15.37

But these are merely external analogies which, even when grouped, do not have any significance in themselves. Much more important are the concordances in the tenor of teaching, although they appear along with considerable differences. The most detailed explanation of special Indian prognostics is the one which covers the totality of the twelve chapters of the *Indriyasthāna* of Caraka-saṃhitā. Their brief analysis and that of similar principal texts will enable us to take up the comparison of their teaching with that of the Accadian text.